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- Jul 11, 2003
berthes ghost said:
On the web however, one would think that the lutz entry edge was THE most important thing in all of skating by the way people go on and on about it. It's not called "Figure Lutzing" after all.
Indeed, Berthes Ghost. It is but one element in a program of many elements which together make up the repertoire of the contestant. It is the 'whole program' of that contestant which in the 6.0 system is the principal method of deciding a winner.
(How the 'whole program' plays out in the CoP, we will see eventually.)
The discussions of any element in Forums are full of them: e.g., Who has the best whatever? So when we single out the Lutz it is kinda like nitpicking. There is a definition. Whether a skater fulfils that definition is the subject of the nitpicking. IMO, the Lutz is a very difficult jump by definition, and to execute the jump without regard to the definition, is making the jump much easier.
I don't think a Lutz ever decided a competition, and I do sympathize with your feelings about how troublesome it can be for some skaters.
Joe